Moodle: Copy content from another course

1. Open the destination course (i.e., the course you are importing to).
2. Click (Actions menu) and choose Import.
3. Under Find a course to import data from, select your source course (i.e., the course that contains the material you want to import) and click Continue.

4. On the Import settings page, uncheck any category of materials that you don't want to bring over from the source course, such calendar events or groups and groupings if they won't be relevant in the new context. 

5. If you want to exclude individual items within a category -- for example, some but not all activities -- and uncheck the those boxes on the Schema Settings page (as shown below). Otherwise, click Jump to Final step.

6. Click Perform import.
7. Once the import has finished, click Continue to return to your course.

Add the Sharing Cart Block to BOTH Courses 

1. Click Turn editing on (if it isn't on already).
2. Scroll to the bottom of the left sidebar and click Add a block.

3. Choose Sharing Cart.

The Sharing Cart block should now appear the right side of your course page (you may need to scroll down to see it) and you will see little (shopping basket) icons next to course resources and activities.

Use the Sharing Cart to Transfer Items Between Them

1. In your source course, click the (shopping basket icon) next to an activity or resource to upload it to the Sharing Cart.

2. Go to your destination course and click the  (copy icon) next to that item in the Sharing Cart.

4. Click one of the gray  (download) boxes to place that item in the appropriate section on your course page.

5. If needed, click the (directional arrows icon) next to the item to move it within that section.

Create a Backup of the Source Course

1. Click on the MoodleArchive (f17-sp20 courses) link at the top of any Moodle page.

2. Log in using your Bryn Mawr College credentials. 

3. Find the course you want to copy.
4. Click the (Actions menu) and choose Backup.
5. If you want to copy the entire course, click Jump to Final Step to start the backup. If only want to copy part of the course, click Next then walk through the steps to deselect the content you don’t need first.
6. Once the "backup successful message appears," click Continue.
7. The backup file will be in your Course backup area or User private backup area; click Download to save it to your hard drive.

Restore the Backup into the Destination Course

1. Log in to moodle.brynmawr.edu with your Bryn Mawr College credentials.
2. Go to the course where you want to put the backed-up content.
3. Click the (Actions menu) and choose Restore.
4. Click on the Actions menu (gear icon) in the top right and choose Restore.
5. Under Import a backup file, click Choose a file … and browse for the backup file you just downloaded OR drag-and-drop the backup file into the box provided.

6. Click Restore.
7. The Confirm page list details about the backup file; if everything looks OK scroll to the end and click Continue.
8. On the Destination page, scroll down to Restore into this Course and click Continue.

9. The next few pages allow you to select the elements in the backup file you want to restore. Everything is included by default, you can uncheck things you don’t need if you need to, and scroll to the bottom of each page and click Next.
10. When you get to the Review page, scroll down to the bottom and click Perform restore.
11. After the upload process is complete, click Continue to return to your main course page.